On a late spring morning in 2013 economics writer, Peter Barrie stopped at a Seattle restaurant for a leisurely lunch. Shortly after Peter took a seat a stranger entered the nearly empty business. When Peter observed that the stranger was confused by the lack of a ma?tre d' at the door, he offered an explanation. The two began to converse. When the stranger introduced himself as Richard Cantillon, Peter was intrigued. Richard Cantillon was the name...